Layn R. Phillips

Personal

Birthday: 
1952
Birthplace: 
Oklahoma City, OK
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Trial attorney, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, 1977-1980
Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1980-1983
Special assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1980-1981
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1984-1987
Adjunct professor, University of Tulsa, 1984-1987
Private practice, Newport Beach, California, 1991-

Education

Name of School: 
University of Tulsa
Degree: 
B.S./B.A.
Degree Year: 
1974
Name of School - Second: 

University of Tulsa College of Law

The University of Tulsa College of Law values its position within an excellent, private, doctoral-degree-granting University, and its partnerships with the community, the bench and bar, tribal nations and foreign institutions. The University of Tulsa College of Law prepares students for the practice of law and for other callings in a program that emphasizes intellectual rigor, free inquiry, ethics, professionalism, and public service.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1977

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
Court Name: 

Oklahoma Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
6/15/1987
Termination Date: 
6/22/1991
Termination Reason: 
Resignation